The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today was not written for publication in a law journal
and is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper No. 28
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
Ex parte WILLIAM R. CLARK and DAVID S. LAFLEUR
Appeal No. 2004-0546
Application No. 09/411,793
ON BRIEF
Before KIMLIN, OWENS and TIMM, Administrative Patent Judges.
KIMLIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is an appeal from the final rejection of claims 1,
3-11, 14-18, 21, 22, 24, 29 and 36-40. Claims 12, 27, 33, 35 and
41, the other claims remaining in the present application, stand
withdrawn from consideration. Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. A fluid flow control valve assembly comprising:
A. a rotatable valve member disposed across a cross section
of a passageway having a fluid flow throughput that
varies as a nonlinear function of a valve member angle
about a valve shaft axis, which is transverse to the
fluid flow, the valve member being rotatable about said
-1-
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